Cape

Museum number:

9-22197

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Alternate number:

BY.T-227 and T-227 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.4737

Object count:

1

Description:

ritual shoulder cape. silk brocade (2 different fabric: gold ground with red geometric patter; yellow ground with blue floral and geometric motifs). fabrics are appliquéd in a scroll design, bordered with a narrow (1cm) blue/black silk fabric band and a narrow ribbon (.3cm)of turquoise, blue purple/white. front and back identical except for a 10cm slit from the neck obliquely to proper right. backed with blue cotton fabric.

Donor:

Estate of G. Eleanore Murray and Estate of Theos C. Bernard

Collection place:

Tibet

Verbatim coll. place:

Tibet

Culture or time period:

Tibetan

Collector:

Theos C. Bernard

Materials:

Cotton (textile) and Silk

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Capes (outerwear)

Function:

5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies

Production date:

19th-20th century

Accession date:

March 12, 2004

Context of use:

ritual/religious clothing

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

Dimensions:

length 71 centimeters and width 71 centimeters

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